Roanne - Roanne

On September 6, 2002 at 09:30 AM, Roanne - Roanne experienced a crash involving Caudron C.635 Simoun, operated by Albert Prost, with the event recorded near Roanne Loire.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a post maintenance check flight after the engine was subject to several modifications. After takeoff from Roanne-Renaison Airport, while climbing to a height of 300 feet, the pilot initiated a left turn in a relative flat attitude and followed a perpendicular trajectory from the runway. Suddenly, it collided with a weather pylon (8 meters high), overturned and crashed, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AZAM, MSN 7863, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.9820°, 4.1637°.